Design
Color and Craft Return to Interior Design
Maximalism is officially strategic. 2026 designers pair bold jewel tones with intentional craftsmanship, ditching minimalism for rooms that demand attention and touch.
Jul 10, 2024
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The Accent Wall Is Dead. In 2026 the Pattern Goes on All Four Walls and the Ceiling Too
Colour drenching taught people to paint a room in one shade. Pattern drenching takes the next step and wraps the whole envelope, ceiling included, in a single design. It is the loudest interiors idea in years and it is not maximalism.
Aug 20, 2026
Design
Slow Design Is Killing the Flat Pack Refresh Cycle
Handmade ceramics, woven blinds and vintage frames are displacing furniture bought to last three years. Designers say the grey rental box interior is finally over.
Aug 4, 2026
Design
One Colour Authority Named a White for 2026, the Other Named Three Blues, and Designers Are Selling Brown
Pantone chose Cloud Dancer. Dulux broke its own format and chose a family of blues. Meanwhile the survey of what interior designers say clients actually request puts chocolate brown and maximalism at the top. Three answers, one year.
Aug 22, 2026
Design
Designing From an Archive Is Harder Than Designing From a Mood Board
A twenty-three piece collection drawn from research into the Barbican's original interiors arrives this month. Working from a real archive imposes constraints that a reference image never does.
Aug 17, 2026
Fashion
Fashion Has Rediscovered Colour, and Picked Lilac to Prove It
Pantone named Burnished Lilac and Amethyst Orchid for the season while runways ran rainbow brights. After a decade of neutrals, saturation is the statement.
Aug 6, 2026
Fashion
The Open Bag Trend Turns Luxury Inside Out
Unfastened handbags and visible linings are moving from runway provocation to celebrity styling, replacing polished secrecy with deliberate disorder.
Jul 27, 2026
Design
Warm Minimalism Works When Texture Replaces Clutter
The most livable minimalist rooms are adding grain, woven surfaces, aged metal and imperfect objects without surrendering calm or useful empty space.
Jul 28, 2026
Lifestyle
The Home Library Is Returning Without the Grand Room
Readers are building small, visible book zones into hallways, bedrooms and dining rooms, proving a home library is a habit before it is architecture.
Jul 28, 2026
